I spent a great part of Sunday hunting for ceramic effigy vessels.... I
saved some of the more "fruitful" links and made a page for my site:
http://www2.wcoil.com/~mdecker/effigy.htm
It is linked from many of my pages (Internet lesson - Pre-Columbian- Maya
Lesson - Inca Lesson)

Here is "some food for thought" (smile folks who I talked to earlier this
evening -- our little joke)....... You might want to show some comparisons
between the pre-Columbian ceramics and those of Ancient Iran/Persia. I was
fascinated by the ceramics of Iran several years ago and did a unit with my
sixth graders....Naturally, folks who knew anything about art asked if they
were inspired by pre-Columbian ceramics.... There aren't many images on the
web -- but there is a book that is available (a little pricey).

I made a PowerPoint of the pre-Columbian effigies -- now I just have to
find what I did with those slides from 6 years ago.....

Well... I am just full of "food for thought" tonight.... Here is a video I
would recommend for teaching about Native American Ceramics:
The Legacy of Generations - Pottery by American Indian Women
I showed this to my sixth graders this year -- they really enjoyed it. This
video shows not only the variety of pottery styles and techniques of these
women - but also has song and dance. The question I had most fun with was
"How come there aren't any men?".... I did tell them that sometimes the men
helped decorate the pottery. Many of the Pueblo beliefs are presented in
the video.... gives me the opportunity to get students to respect others'
rights to believe differently...The video discusses how these beliefs are
expressed through the pottery -- an important part of our curriculum.